Unidade de Conservação Ambiental Refúgio de Vida Silvestre dos Campos de Palmas: uma transposição de saberes para o ensino de biologia

Abstract

This dissertation is a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and applied research. Its objective was to develop pedagogical teaching material from the Management Plan of the Conservation Unit (UC) of the Refuge of Wild Life of Campos de Palmas (RWLCP) - Paraná. We investigated the potential for guiding visits to the UC, as well as school support for science teaching. Ten students, future science teachers, from the discipline of Fundamentals of Ecology of the Interdisciplinary Course in Natural Sciences at the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Ponta Grossa - Paraná campus, participated in this research as and represented our sample space (n = 10). We transposed the wise knowledge of RWLCP to students through their management plan and a technical visit to RWLCP. Data collection was carried out using questionnaires, photographic records and material produced by the students. The main results showed that students expanded their scientific knowledge, which represents the reestablishment of the connection between science teaching and conservation units. The development of this knowledge promoted an environmental awareness aimed at protecting students' conservation units. The results also showed that a Didactic Transposition of the knowledge involved in the biodiversity mentioned in the management plan of the Refuge of Wild Life of Campos de Palmas is possible. We show an efficient approach to teaching and learning in Science, dealing mainly with environmental education. This can lead the teacher to establish links between ecological phenomena and the situations to be studied in the non-formal space. These results were used to develop a textbook for elementary school students.